Election 2024: Live swing state updates

While every state has votes in the Electoral College, all eyes are on seven critical swing states that could determine who the next president of the United States will be.

It’ll take 270 electoral votes to win the White House and the seven swing states have a collective 93 votes that polls show could go to either candidate.

The latest:

Georgia extends polling place hours after bomb threats (6:10 p.m. ET)

Voting hours have been extended at five polling places in Georgia’s Fulton County that were briefly closed earlier in the day because of bomb threats that were determined to be noncredible.

Each voting location’s hours have been extended for as long as they were closed. The extensions range from 10 minutes at one location to 45 minutes at two locations.

Philadelphia officials reject Trump's allegations of cheating (6:10 p.m. ET)

As the first polls began to close on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump claimed on his Truth Social account that law enforcement was responding to "massive cheating" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Police and city officials have denied these claims, with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issuing a statement asking Trump for evidence.

"If Donald J. Trump has any facts to support his wild allegations, we want them now. Right now. We are not holding our breath."

Milwaukee ballot tabulator technical issues (5:21 p.m. ET)

Roughly 30,000 ballots in Milwaukee will have to be recounted, the city said on Tuesday afternoon, because of a tabulator issue.

City spokesperson Jeff Fleming said the tabulators were sealed – but the doors to those machines were not closed properly. The issue involved early absentee and in-person ballots and affected all 13 tabulators.

What’s a swing state?

Voters cast ballots at a polling location at the Thomasville Library during the last day of early voting in Thomasville, North Carolina on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A "swing state" in U.S. presidential elections is a state that could "swing" to either Democratic or Republican candidates. This means such candidates often make frequent campaign visits and spend a considerable amount of time and resources in an effort to win there.

Such states tend to be predictors of the overall presidential winner – such as Florida, which famously became the deciding state in the 2000 election between Republican Texas Gov. George W. Bush and incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore.

Several other states have also been reliable indicators of overall results, according to USAFacts, a nonprofit site sharing easy-to-read government data.

Since 2000, five states — Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia — have matched the eventual winner in all but one presidential election, USAFacts said.

What are the 2024 swing states?

The seven swing states in 2024.

Here are the seven swing states to watch in the 2024 presidential election.

Arizona (Electoral votes: 11)

Arizona’s high volume of early ballots dropped off on Election Day itself has historically delayed final results.

Georgia (Electoral votes: 16)

Georgia faces record turnout amid a high number of legal challenges that could impact vote processing.

Michigan (Electoral votes: 15)

Michigan's 2024 election will be the first time the state offers early voting during a presidential election, which officials hope will ease lines on Election Day.